When we opened the Academy we thought that we also want to sell all kinds of chess products. In order to do so, we thought it would be a good idea to visit one of the largest manufacturers of chess equipment, located in Ningbo China.
Or else I just wanted a good excuse to go on a holiday during schooltime. Shanghai is the closest airpo [...]
An excursion to the toystore
When we opened the Academy we thought that we also want to sell all kinds of chess products. In order to do so, we thought it would be a good idea to visit one of the largest manufacturers of chess equipment, located in Ningbo China.
Or else I just wanted a good excuse to go on a holiday during schooltime. Shanghai is the closest airpo [...]
Academy Update
Dear Chess-friends,
Monday after school chess.
A group is forming on Monday afternoons and a few students have already signed up. Doors open at 3.30pm, lesson starts at about 4pm or when everybody has arrived. Different chess activities continue until about 6pm.
Sunday advanced group.
Do not be intimidated by the name. This group is concurren [...]
New Challenges, New Ideas
Challenges
If you have tried to call since Tuesday, oops 🙁
We thought nobody loved us but in fact our landline had been disconnected due to a clerical error. It has now been reconnected but now we need to wait for a technician to re-configure our system. Meanwhile I have diverted our number 1300 79 76 75 to my mobile. If that doesn’t wo [...]
Welcome to our website
First I would like to thank all the people who have helped us get our Academy started. Gaurav Chhabra is an amateur chessplayer and an IT expert. He has patiently waited for us to provide content which he expertly and quickly transformed into the website you are now looking at.
David Esmonde, another amateur chessplayer, helped with all the h [...]
Queensland Junior Championship
Emmanuel College hosted the Queensland junior championships this week. Tuesday the under eight’s fought it out. All the results with excellent reports from the Arbiter, Charles Zworestine, are on the Gardiner Chess website
The medalwinners were..
U8
1 Chan, Jason 11/11
2 Durden, Sam 9/11
3 Brut [...]
The Hjorth Attack
Greg Hjorth is a name known to all who played Chess in Australia in the late seventies, early eighties. By the time I had learned the moves in 1978, Greg had been a prodigy for many years. We met at a Chess camp where Australia’s best players including then, number one IM Robert Jamieson were instructing Juniors. Greg offered to play [...]
Gelfand breaks through
World Chess Championship
Finally a decisive result. The game itself was not the most exciting I’ve ever seen, in fact I fell asleep watching it live. Peter Leko’s commentary was partly responsible 🙂 Karpov made an appearance and showed why he dominated Chess for over a decade. He was my childhood hero
On the official site you [...]
Doubleroo Chess Academy update
Doubleroo Chess Academy update
Website
The Website is turning into a bit more of a challenge than first anticipated but should be up sometime next week. This is why you are here if you logged in via www.doubleroo.com.au I have kidnapped my Blog for a while until the website is ready. The 1300 number is also suffering a technical glit [...]
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